Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/halþaz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

The past participle of an unattested verb *halaną (to slope; be inclined).[1] From Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, *ḱel- (to tend, lean, incline, bend, tip).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*halþaz[1]

  1. sloping, inclined

Inflection


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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*halþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205